Committee Members
Kym Lau (President), Carol Packard (Vice President), Winnie Lee (Treasurer), Thomas Young (Secretary), Katie Gallager, Nigel Isherwood, Sue O’Donnell, Serena Pham, Neil Philbey, Kevin Samuel, Harn Yap.
Life Members
1978 Fergie Kerr (Deceased), 1978 Jacqui Kerr (Deceased), 1984 Pat O’Shaughnessy (Deceased), 1984 Anne Stoneham, 1988 Brian Emery (Deceased), 1989 Glen McPherson (Deceased), 1992 Peter Van der Lans, 1996 Edna Bannister (Deceased), 1998 Robert Riggs, 2000 David Nash, 2001 Bob Salotti (Deceased), 2002 Jeff Green, 2003 Sandy Faithfull, 2006 Sally Brauer, 2007 Jane Awwad, 2007 Carol Packard, 2007 Malcolm Wainwright, 2007 Jamie Deans, 2012 Simon White, 2014 Kym Lau, 2020 Kim Doung, 2020 Nigel Isherwood
Presidents of Glenelg Badminton Club
Glenelg has had only 7 Presidents in 59 years in continuous existence in South Australia.
Fergie Kerr 1968-1973, Roy Bierton 1974, Ted Gentle 1975-1979, Adam Charlton 1980-1981, Glen McPherson 1981-1987, Robert Riggs 1988-2014, Kym Lau 2014-Present.
This stable leadership has been one of the main reasons for the club’s success over the years.
Important Policies
Hot Weather Policy
Information on our Hot Weather policy.
Further information on safe sporting practices in hot weather is available here.
Child Safe Policy
GBC have a Child Safe Officer (Nigel Isherwood) as one of our Junior coaches.
All our junior coaching personnel have a clearance from the Department of Community and Social Inclusion (DCSI) and are committed to following safe and inclusive coaching practices.
More Child Safe information is here
Member Protection Information Officer
Other Policies and Forms
As Glenelg Badminton Club (GBC) is part of the SA Badminton Association (SABA), their policies apply to GBC.
SABA Member Protection Information Officer
Glenelg Badminton Club Constitution 2017
Special Awards
Shannon Riggs Achiever’s Award
This award was established in memory of Shannon Riggs who passed away on the 23 July 1997. Shannon was a member of the club and played in SABA competition. The award is given annually to a member of the Glenelg Badminton Club (with preference given to juniors) who, in the opinion of the Committee, in consultation with the Riggs family, deserves special recognition for their efforts and achievements in badminton. The award is presented at the club’s AGM, in the form of a perpetual trophy.
This award is to recognise the recipient’s commitment to achieving their best, with consideration for those around them, and as a tribute to Shannon’s positive impact on people.
Past Winners of the Award
Simon White (1997), Matt Jones (1998), Amy Allman (1999), Glenn Thomas (2000), Helen White (2001), Craig Markham (2002), Daniel Victory (2003), Rhett Aviet (2004), Peter Stephens (2005), Aruna Shivam (2006), Anita Wong (2007), Daniel Blue (2008), Mingmei Teo (2009), Alex Awwad (2010), Simon Packard (2011), Alex Awwad (2012), Sam Todd (2013), Joseph Awwad (2014), Rachel Nguon (2015), Anna Nguon (2016), Gavin Maynard (2017), Sinoeun Yin (2018), Zashka Gunson (2019), Ethan Tay (2020), Nicole Tran (2021), Vidhi Patel (2022), Elang Benyamin (2023), Sebastian Tran (2024), Gursangeet Khara (2025).
David Currie Club Award
This award was created by David’s family in Scotland through Cathy, his wife, in memory of David Currie, a club member whose dedication and commitment to our club was outstanding. The recipient of this award should be someone in a similar mould, not necessarily the best player but someone who is interested in promoting the Club and Badminton.
Past Winners of the Award
Edna Bannister (1988), Robert Riggs (1989), Glen McPherson (1990), Jeff Green (1991), Adam Russell (1992), Jim Deans (1993), Robert Riggs (1994), Jeff Green (1995), Robert Riggs (1996), Malcolm Wainright (1997), Jeff Green (1998), Jeff Green (1999), Robert Riggs (2000), Robert Riggs (2001), Carol Packard (2002), Kym Lau (2003), Simon Oaten (2004), Kym Lau (2005), Simon White (2006), Kym Lau (2007), Robert Riggs (2008), Carol Packard (2009), Kym Lau (2010), Carol Packard (2011), Simon Oaten (2012), Carol Packard (2013), Nigel Isherwood (2014), Carol Packard (2015), Kym Lau (2016), Kim Doung (2017), Kim Doung (2018), Carol Packard (2019), Neil Philbey (2020), Thomas Young (2021), Thomas Young (2022), Thomas Young (2023), Thomas Young (2024), Thomas Young (2025).
Most Improved Award
This award is decided by the GBC Committee and seeks to identify players who have improved as players and developed within the Club.
Past Winners of the Award
Simon Packard (2007), John Ly (2008), Kim Doung (2009), Mitchell Davis (2010), Nigel Isherwood (2011), Simon Packard (2012), Nitya Gunasegaran (2013), David Harvey (2014), Tristan Edison (2015), Aim Aroonsiri (2016), Thomas Young (2017), Jacky Ou (2018 Senior), Dylan Huang (2018 Junior), Sinoeun Yin (2019), Anthony de Dominicis (2020), Harris Ko Pak Chung (2021), Leang Nguon (2022), Jackson McNamara (2023), Cindy Woo (2024), Mark Hamilton (2025 Senior), Caleb Lee (2025 Junior).